Indian Subcontinent

The Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) media group has confirmed the acquisition of exclusive rights for the India national cricket team’s upcoming tour of Ireland.

Indian digital media company Sportskeeda has acquired live streaming rights to the two-match Twenty20 cricket series between Scotland and Pakistan.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a partnership with Times Studio, a digital video content subsidiary of Indian media company Times Internet.

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a notice which mandates that all television channels offering live sport that is deemed to be of national importance display a ticker that notifies the viewer if the same event is available via public-service broadcaster Doordarshan.

North American basketball league the NBA has today (Thursday) signed a multi-year partnership with Perform that will see the digital sports content and media group manage the organisation’s official websites in more than 15 international markets.

Fierce competition helped the Board of Control for Cricket in India earn a substantial increase in the value of its global media rights last week.

Social media platform Snapchat and online streaming service Netflix have entered the Indian Premier League through partnerships with teams in the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal to stream the World Snooker Championship across the Americas and the Indian sub-continent for the second consecutive year.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has agreed a sublicensing deal with Doordarshan that will grant the public-service broadcaster coverage of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition for the first time.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has today (Thursday) become the dominant player in Indian cricket broadcasting after retaining rights to all international and domestic matches played in the country.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to golf major the Masters.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights to the Hero Super Cup, a new club football tournament that will launch in India later this week.

Two more India tours have not prevented a fall in the value of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) media rights in the Indian subcontinent.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has opted to postpone a decision on its next set of broadcast and digital media rights to all international and domestic matches played in the country amid strong interest in the digital packages on offer, according to The Hindu.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has signed a new four-year rights deal with the Badminton World Federation.

State-owned broadcaster Bangladesh Television (BTV), pay-television broadcaster Maasranga Television and Nagorik Television have acquired rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in the south Asian country.